Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2570

The Angola (United Nations Prohibition of Flights) (Dependent Territories) Order 1997

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1997 No. 2570

UNITED NATIONS

The Angola (United Nations Prohibition of Flights) (Dependent Territories) Order 1997

	Made	30th October 1997
	Laid before Parliament	31st October 1997
	Coming into force	1st November 1997

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 30th day of October 1997
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas under Article 41 of the Charter of the United Nations the Security Council of the United Nations has, by a resolution adopted on 28th August 1997, called upon Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and all other States to apply certain measures to give effect to a decision of that Council in relation to Angola;

    Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement, operation and extent
    1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Angola (United Nations Prohibition of Flights) (Dependent Territories) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st November 1997.

    (2) If the Security Council of the United Nations takes a decision which has the effect of cancelling, postponing or suspending the operation of the resolution adopted by it on 28th August 1997, in whole or in part, this Order shall cease to have effect or its operation shall be postponed or suspended, in whole or in part, as the case may be, in accordance with that decision; and particulars of that decision shall be published by the Governor in a notice in the official gazette of the Territory.

    (3)

Interpretation
2.In this Order the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say -

"commander", in relation to an aircraft, means the member of the flight crew designated as commander of the aircraft by the operator thereof, or, failing such a person, the person who is for the time being the pilot in command of the aircraft;

"operator", in relation to an aircraft, means the person for the time being having the management of the aircraft.

Prohibition of Flights
    3. - (1) Except with the permission of the Secretary of State granted under this article no aircraft, wherever registered, shall take off from, land in or fly over the Territory if its destination is, or if it has taken off from, Angola.

    (2) If any aircraft is used in contravention of the provisions of this article, then the operator and the commander of the aircraft shall be guilty of an offence against this Order.

Penalties and proceedings
    4. - (1) Any person guilty of an offence against this Order shall be liable -

    (2) Where any body corporate is guilty of an offence against this Order, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

    (3) Proceedings against any person for an offence against this Order may be taken before the appropriate court in the Territory or in any territory to which this Order extends, having jurisdiction in the place where that person is for the time being.

    (4) No proceedings for an offence against this Order shall be instituted in the Territory except by or with the consent of the principal public officer of the Territory having responsibility for criminal prosecutions:

Provided that this paragraph shall not prevent the arrest, or the issue or execution of a warrant for the arrest, of any person in respect of such an offence, or the remand in custody or on bail of any person charged with such an offence, notwithstanding that the necessary consent to the institution of proceedings for the offence has not been obtained.

Exercise of powers of the Secretary of State
5. - (1) The Secretary of State may, to such extent and subject to such restrictions and conditions as he may think proper, delegate or authorise the delegation of any of his powers under this Order to any person, or class or description of persons, approved by him, and references in this Order to the Secretary of State shall be construed accordingly.

(2) Any permissions granted under this Order may be either general or special, may be subject to or without conditions, may be limited so as to expire on a specified date unless renewed and may be varied or revoked by the authority that granted them.

N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEArticle 1(3)(a)

TERRITORIES TO WHICH THE ORDER EXTENDS

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Gibraltar

Montserrat

Pitcairn

St Helena and its dependencies

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Turks and Caicos Islands

Virgin Islands

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under the United Nations Act 1946, implements a decision of the Security Council of the United Nations in Resolution No. 1127 of 28th August 1997 by prohibiting aircraft from taking off from, landing in or overflying the territories specified in the Schedule if they are destined for, or have taken off from, Angola.

Notes:

[1] 1946 c.45.back

ISBN 0 11 065059 X

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